1. صَدَّت وَما كانَ لَها الصُدودُ

    وَاِزوَرَّ عَنّي طَرفُها وَالجيدُ

    She turned away, though disdain was not her wont.

    And her gaze and neck turned aside from me.

  2. يَقولُ لَمّا أَخلَقَ الجَديدُ

    إِذا البَجالُ ذَلِكَ الوَليدُ

    He says, when what was new has worn out:

    Behold, that young boy is now a venerable old man!

  3. يا أَينَ ذاكَ الخَضِلُ الأُملودُ

    رَيّانَ مِن ماءِ الصِبا يَميدُ

    Ah, where is that dewy, supple youth,

    Lush with the water of youth, swaying,

  4. تُصحِبُهُ اللَحظَ العَذارى الغيدُ

    غَدا الغَزالُ اليَومَ وَهوَ سيدُ

    Whom graceful maidens follow with their glances?

    Today the gazelle has become a wolf.

  5. قُلتُ نَعَم ذاكَ الَّذي أُريدُ

    مَضى حَبيبٌ قَلَّما يَعودُ

    I said: Yes, that is what I desire.

    A beloved has gone, seldom to return.

  6. لَشُدَّ ما أَوجَعَني الفَقيدُ

    أَيّامُنا بَعدَ البَياضِ سودُ

    How sorely the lost one has pained me!

    After whiteness, our days are black.